Bending

The bending technology area includes all manner of machines and processes for bending sheet metal, including press brakes, folders, panel benders, corner formers, ironworkers, notchers, orbital formers, and roll benders. It also has information on accessories such as gauging and backgauging systems.

LVD Strippit now offers 35- to 50-ton configurations of its PPEC series of midrange press brakes. The machines achieve bending speeds up to 47 IPM. The Energy Reduction System (ERS) feature helps reduce the cost of operation by offering energy savings of up to 30 percent over comparable designs,...

Maruka offers the Chiyoda Kogyo EX series CNC tube benders with Windows® XP-based control system. The modularly designed main body has little interference area.
The machine features the performance characteristics of the SP series CNC bending machine, along with extendability and new...

Car exhaust manufacturer Milltek Sport, Derbyshire, U.K., has installed a new Breeze tube bending machine from Unison, Scarborough, U.K. The machine is Milltek Sport's first all-electric tube bender and provides the company with the ability to bend to tighter radii than its existing hydraulically...

BLM's Smart is a new all-electric tube bender with 3-D visual graphic programming (VGP3D) software capable of bending tubes up to 1.10 in. in diameter. The bender can perform left-hand, right-hand, and variable-radius bending in a multistack configuration.
The machine can be equipped with an...

LVD Strippit offers CADMAN®-B 3D version 7.2 offline programming software for its PPEB and Easy-Form® series of CNC press brakes. It also supports robotic bending applications.
The software helps simplify the programming of complex formed parts by providing a virtual 3-D bending...

Trilogy Machinery Inc., Belcamp, Md., the exclusive North American distributor for ROUNDO bending rolls of Sweden, has sold a ROUNDO model R-16S, which the company says is the world's largest angle bending roll, to Greiner Industries of Mt. Joy, Pa.
The machine can roll up to a W44-in. by...

CML USA offers the Ercolina® TM76 mandrel bender. It has a bending capacity to 3-in. round tube and multiple profiles, capable of bends to CLR as small as 1.5xD. A USB offers unlimited storage of bend programs, material library, and job information.
The company also offers rotary draw...

Bystronic has announced the expansion of the standard capacity for the Xpert press brake up to 1,100 U.S. tons and 33 ft. in length. With its hydraulic crowning system, the machine is suited for the bending of heavy plate and very long parts.
A multiaxis controller directs the pressure...

Wila offers a new line of American Vintage precision press brake tooling for American-style press brakes. The tooling is manufactured in traditional imperial dimensioning using high-quality tool steel.
All punches and dies are available in solid 20-in. lengths, 18.5-in. sectionalized sets, and...

MC Machinery Systems Inc., Wood Dale, Ill., has announced that it now offers the Dener line of press brakes. Machines in the line have capacities from 40 to 2,000 tons.
The Smart machine is an entry-level, three-axis CNC unit with an optional fourth axis. Proportional valve control synchronizes...

Eagle Bending Machines Inc. has introduced the ZM402 and ZH402 three-roll, pyramid-type universal roll bending machines. They have a 2-in. capacity, a manually or hydraulically adjusted forming roll, dual-driven lower rolls, and a mobile control stand with LED digital readout to monitor the...

MC Machinery System's West Coast dealer, North South Machinery of Brea, Calif., has hired Bob Stewart as vice president of fabrication. He has nearly 30 years of experience in the fabrication industry.
2010 marks 25 years of partnership for Mitsubishi, located in Wood Dale, Ill., and North...